Police: Missing Opelika teenager found safe

OPELIKA, Ala. (WSFA) - A 17-year-old girl missing from Opelika has been found and is safe, according to the Opelika Police Department.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency issued a statewide Emergency Missing Child Alert for Emalee Stringfellow, who was reported missing Wednesday at 11:45 p.m. after she never arrived at a meeting with friends. She was supposed to meet her friends at Tiger Town but never showed.

The Opelika Police Department reported at around 6:45 p.m. Thursday evening that Stringfellow had been found.